For a while now, Mike's best friend, Mike, has been exclaiming, quite loudly I must add, how much we need to get a Wii. I'm never one for buying the latest trend right away, but I had to admit that the Wii really intrigued me. A video game system that gets you up and going ~ how fun! Fun and Intrigue do not pay my bills, though, so the Wii would wait. We really didn't need one anyways. Mike already owns an original Nintendo, a Nintendo 64, Sega, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Playstation, Gamecube and a vintage Atari. The 6 kids also share a Nintendo DS & 2 Gameboys. Mind you... most of this is in the attic stored neatly in boxes with their appropriate controllers and games and every once in a while we have a nostalgic day & set them up & spend some time reliving the past. With everything going on though, everything we do, we didn't really need a Wii.
Nevertheless, best friend Mike showed up at our house last week with a big bag from his job at the shoe store. No shoes were inside... I'm sure you're not surprised it was the Wii. He bought it with the intention that he was "covered" for the year. Struggling with what to get Morgan for her birthday all he kept coming back to was the Wii... obviously too expensive for one child, but for 6, for all their birthdays & Christmas this year, it was doable, so that's what he did. He was smart, too, and got an extra controller, nunchuk and wheel (as well as the Mario Kart Game which came with a wheel) so that there were 2 of everything... no fighting yet!
We set it up finally on Friday night and got introduced to the Wii Mii world, making our Mii's for everyone & having a lot of laughs along the way. We put in Wii Sports & played Tennis and Baseball. After the kids went to bed I tried out the Boxing and found myself jousting around the room yelling "Uppercut, Uppercut, take that, and that!" before KOing my opponent. Three more opponents later my skill had jumped up into the high 300's (1000 is pro apperently) and I was breathing hard. Bowling looked interesting and I scored my highest game ever (I'm lucky to get 100) with a 152... I'm good! Mike got home from seeing a late movie ~ "IronMan" with Mitchell and I listened to them tell me all about the movie while I bowled a 167 & then, feeling optomistic, tried out Baseball... I sucked! Morgan & Marina seemed to have no problems getting singles, double and homeruns, but I kept swinging too early or too late & hitting an eternity of foul balls... not my forte. Mike steps up to the virtual plate and by his third inning hits 7 homeruns in a row. I'll have to practice. I'll definetely have to practice because after going through their 3 part "fitness test" my fitness age is 47! YIKES! Um... It was the first try, okay!?!
All in all I'm imagining lots of fun, plenty of exercise and a few people getting whacked in the head. Oh, and for any would be robbers ~ our Security System Code is.... Wii!!
Nevertheless, best friend Mike showed up at our house last week with a big bag from his job at the shoe store. No shoes were inside... I'm sure you're not surprised it was the Wii. He bought it with the intention that he was "covered" for the year. Struggling with what to get Morgan for her birthday all he kept coming back to was the Wii... obviously too expensive for one child, but for 6, for all their birthdays & Christmas this year, it was doable, so that's what he did. He was smart, too, and got an extra controller, nunchuk and wheel (as well as the Mario Kart Game which came with a wheel) so that there were 2 of everything... no fighting yet!
We set it up finally on Friday night and got introduced to the Wii Mii world, making our Mii's for everyone & having a lot of laughs along the way. We put in Wii Sports & played Tennis and Baseball. After the kids went to bed I tried out the Boxing and found myself jousting around the room yelling "Uppercut, Uppercut, take that, and that!" before KOing my opponent. Three more opponents later my skill had jumped up into the high 300's (1000 is pro apperently) and I was breathing hard. Bowling looked interesting and I scored my highest game ever (I'm lucky to get 100) with a 152... I'm good! Mike got home from seeing a late movie ~ "IronMan" with Mitchell and I listened to them tell me all about the movie while I bowled a 167 & then, feeling optomistic, tried out Baseball... I sucked! Morgan & Marina seemed to have no problems getting singles, double and homeruns, but I kept swinging too early or too late & hitting an eternity of foul balls... not my forte. Mike steps up to the virtual plate and by his third inning hits 7 homeruns in a row. I'll have to practice. I'll definetely have to practice because after going through their 3 part "fitness test" my fitness age is 47! YIKES! Um... It was the first try, okay!?!
All in all I'm imagining lots of fun, plenty of exercise and a few people getting whacked in the head. Oh, and for any would be robbers ~ our Security System Code is.... Wii!!
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